Amora Moissanite Diamond Comparison

I’m writing this post because I was a bride who was looking for options outside of Diamonds for a center stone. As many newly engaged couples feel, my fiance and I are starting our lives together and we didn’t want to drop crazy money on a ring. On the other hand, I am not one to sacrifice quality just for a better price so if we went with an alternative, it still had to be high quality.

I spent months researching diamond alternatives, and I found that many lab created diamonds are either coated cubic zirconias, or real ones that cost just about as much as natural diamonds. I initially wrote off moissanites because of their yellow color, but then I came across amora moissanites.

Amora moissanites usually come in H color, which is a whiter color that regular moissanites, in side to side comparisons to diamons, Amora Moissanites rate the same if not higher in every category save for price (drastically lower) and hardness (on the Moh’s scale of hardness Diamond is a 10, Amora is 9.25 so fractionally lower).

The more I researched, the more Amora seemed the way to go, however I didn’t want to buy without seeing one in person, or at least seeing a comparison to a real diamond. My fiance spent a frustrating afternoon going around to jewelry stores, who didn’t have any in stock and in many, it felt like when we asked, the sales people were pretty snobby about moissanites. In the picture department, I was only able to find a few comparisons of Amora to Diamonds, which also frustrated me. We finally decided to pull the trigger and order, figuring that we could compare it to my Mother in Law’s diamond and send it back if it failed to impress.

When the stone came, we were extremely happy with the stone, and after it was set, it was only more impressive and beautiful. I have had my engagement ring for two months now and I’m absolutely obsessed. I’m extremely happy with the decision my fiance and I made, and would totally reccommend Amora Moissanite to any couple looking for a quality diamond alternative. I get compliments all the time on my ring, by strangers and friends alike and when I do take the time to share that my stone is not a diamond, people are honestly shocked.

I am writing this post not only to share my experience with Amora Moissanite but to also give brides researching this stone a comparison of Amora to diamond so that they can have at least a better idea of what they will be getting with an Amora stone.

My stone is the platinum pave setting, it is graded H color and the size is 1.5 carat equivalent.

My Mother in Law’s stone is in the yellow gold setting, it is G color and 1.1 carats.

Fern15: This is a great thread! Exactly what I was looking for when I was researching my centerstone. I started out wanting a Moissanite then onto an Amora Moissanite then stumbled on the Amora Gem through betterthandiamond dot com. We went with an Amora Gem which is a 9.5 in hardness and has an extremely crisp cut.

Cesa: the amora gem comes in colors D,E,F and last I checked it cannot be shipped directly to the US. I looked into the Amora gem but personally I didn’t like the hearts and arrows cut and I was afraid it would be too white and unrealistic. But that’s my personal opinion! totally depends on what you want! I absolutely love the color of my Amora moissanite.

Oh I don’t know why I thought the Moissanite was color J I had the Forever Brilliant I thought it was the whitest out there… I have learned a lot. The Amora Gem is gorgeous I have it in G and it unmistakably diamond like …you would need a loop lol many like myself live in the states and have it!

Fern15: BTD doesn’t advertise it but they will mail it in the US. I’m in VA and I got mine two weeks ago, Cesa is also in the US and she got hers a couple months ago. Anyways, your amora moissanite looks pretty crisp too 🙂 The Amora Gems aren’t overly white, some people take crappy photos but IRL they aren’t over the top white or weird looking, I was worried too but I got an F color and it’s amazing and not freakishly white. Your stone and ring are gorgeous, congrats again!

Oh now I see which stones they are!!! They are the ones that are 2 shades lighter then the regular moissanite and the Forever Brilliant. Can I ask you about the cut it is much different then the regular cut of the moissanite? I know you said you didn’t like the hearts and arrows what is the amora cut like?